Italeri Group Build Sept. 1, 2006-Jan. 15 2007

I'll start a new topic and post pictures regularly, otherwise Tigerman's topic will be a mammooth one, with hard-to-find individual subjects.

Michel

Tigerman I went to bed about 11:30 so Im not sure if I have more stamina per say.

Well I have to call Apple about my iPod breaking and then I'll get a small start on this one.

tigerman wrote:

Haha. I admire that you want to do lots of scratching. Me? I just want to finish my build.

WANT TO?  Nope.. I kinda have to.. but I found a 3 min video shot by one of the defense contractor personnel of the first HUMRAAM doing some test firings... so I have some decent quality shots of the real thing in action...

Is it 5:00 PM yet????

Wow guys those are some awesome looking kits. If the pics of the boxart dosen't get your blood pumping nothing will. Let's light this candle!!

Zip

biffa wrote:

well the excitment has been growing and the day finally arrives and i cant start heh, got feeling bad yesterday and wound having my appendix removed last night at 12.30 so it may not be a good idea playing around with an exacto knife on pain meds lol but i will be following everyone else for the next day or two till i can start good luck all there are some great topics bein built.

Stay safe and get well soon... all the best to ya

Sorry to hear that biff, that sucks. You seem to be in good spirits though, thats good. I hope your back in the saddle soon. Get well friend.
Zip

biffa wrote:

well the excitment has been growing and the day finally arrives and i cant start heh, got feeling bad yesterday and wound having my appendix removed last night at 12.30 so it may not be a good idea playing around with an exacto knife on pain meds lol but i will be following everyone else for the next day or two till i can start good luck all there are some great topics bein built.

Good thing you caught it, if missed, could be trouble. Get well soon.

Nice looking kit Comet.

Hello everybody!! Is it too late to get in on this group build? I've got a couple of Italeri kits I've been dying to get into.

Ron.

customizer wrote:

Hello everybody!! Is it too late to get in on this group build? I've got a couple of Italeri kits I've been dying to get into.   Ron.

Please do! Let us know what your building. Thanks.

Awwwright!!! This model has been staring at me for a couple of months now. I have no idea how I'm going to built it yet but I'm going to blow the dust off it and get going.

It looks pretty detailed and since I haven't worked with individual links yet, it should provide a challenge.

Ron.

Looks like a lot more pieces than my kit Customizer.

So far everything is going nicely. Most of the running gear and hull are in place. No real work until I get to the gun shields. At least that is what I see. LOL

Since I recently completed a Panzer I B, I decided to start my build with the 47 mm instead of the running gear. I have a few references pics of a surviving exemple in Koblenz Museum, and I realised that I will have to make a few changes to make it look a bit like the real thing. I found out that the end part of the muzzle brake is too long. More importantly, the kit is probably based on that surviving example, witch as been desactivated. The vertical sliding breech block is molded in the upward closed position and as a hole wich might make you think that this is where to load the ammo. It is in fact missing the firing mechanism. I used my punch and dice set to plug it.  No major isssues so far though.

J-M 

Casualty Report From the Field:

Italeri Group Build: DDay + 1, 1423 Hours - Surprise attack - one casulty.  My Hetzer kit  is missing one of its drive sprockets.  It's a used kit - purchased on eBay, shrink wrap removed but all parts seemed to have been present and accounted for.  No spare parts either !!  Have I lost the battle before it's even begun?   To this I say "Nuts" !   I will attempt a sprocket conversion from a spare piece I have from the Academy M18 Hellcat kit. 

Larry

Plastic_Cross wrote:

Casualty Report From the Field: Italeri Group Build: DDay + 1, 1423 Hours - Surprise attack - one casulty.  My Hetzer kit  is missing one of its drive sprockets.  It's a used kit - purchased on eBay, shrink wrap removed but all parts seemed to have been present and accounted for.  No spare parts either !!  Have I lost the battle before it's even begun?   To this I say "Nuts" !   I will attempt a sprocket conversion from a spare piece I have from the Academy M18 Hellcat kit.  Larry

That sucks Larry, hope you can fix it.

I was surfing around on the net and stumbled on this site. It's got some pretty good inside information on the kits we're building.

http://www.track-link.net/reviews/D_L/Italeri

Ron.

larry if the conversion is not to your liking use it an have a pc of

 camo netting cover it  or a solder fixing it

larry im currently finishing up a sd.kfz 140/1 light tank based on the 38t chassis and it had two sets of drive sprockets one with holes on the outside ring one without i used the one with holes and the other is spare if you think you can use them i would be happy to send them your way (the hetzer was based also on the 38t chassis wasnt it? or are the pain meds messing with me heh)  

edit* i just looked back at the box cover and the sprockets look the same the only thing you might have to do is make the track fit and find a way to mount it but that should be easier than making a whole new sprocket.

biffa wrote:

larry im currently finishing up a sd.kfz 140/1 light tank based on the 38t chassis and it had two sets of drive sprockets one with holes on the outside ring one without i used the one with holes and the other is spare if you think you can use them i would be happy to send them your way (the hetzer was based also on the 38t chassis wasnt it? or are the pain meds messing with me heh)

Biffa,

Thanks a million for offering to send the part.  I think that the conversion will work out though.  Some drilling, cutting and sanding.....it doesn't look too bad.  I appreciate all the help and advice. 

Calling it a night (12:58 AM Dallas, TX time).

Larry

Hi all,

Well here is my entry into this GB. It is the Opel Maultier (mule). This one is equipped with a flak 38 for protecting mainly supply units against enemy air attacks. They were very useful in the muddy Russian steppe.

The mule

The flak 38

My eyes are much better now and I will probably get started on this next weekend.

Thank you

Zip

That's one thing I notice about these Italeri kits, an acceptable amount of pieces. If Dragon were to do this kit, there would probably be 4 more sprues. Not that would be bad, but it's nice to build a kit that you know you might might actually finish.

Good to see you Steve. I built the one without the AA gun. It was nice kit.